Dispensing device.



Nb 805,203. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. L. B. HAYWARD.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

urnonmn FILED FEB. 26. 1904.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed February 26, 1904. Serial No. 195,363.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE BARNES HAY- WARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dispensing Devices; andI declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention has for its object the production of a cap or stopper forpackages, for use more particularly in connection with packages oftooth-powder, although it is obvious that it can be used in connectionwith packages containing either powders or liquids.

The object more particularly is to provide a package with a hinged lidor cap which shall effectually prevent the accidental discharge of thecontents and which shall yet enable the contents to be readilydischarged when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section showing a packageembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section illustrating avariation.

In carrying out the invention, A represents the body of the package,having engaged thereto or, if desired, made integral therewith a capportion B. Suitably engaged to thiscap B, or, if desired, made integraltherewith, is a discharge-nozzle C, having its interior bore preferably,although not necessarily,tapered,asshown. Surroundingthedischarge-nozzleis a casing D, one end resting on the cap B and the other closed, as atd, around the portion 0 of the discharge-nozzle, an annular space thusbeing provided in which the spring-catch for the cap can be located,

' as hereinafter described.

nozzle C when the cap is closed.

opening of the cap, and a spring-catch G may or may not be provided toretain the cap in its closed position.

Preferably I provide on the discharge-nozzle a gelatin cap H, which maybe readily slipped on and off, to further prevent the accidentaldischarge of the contents. By making this cap of gelatin, which is thinand transparent, I am enabled to bring the end of the discharge-nozzleclosely adjacent to the top of the cap E, even with the gelatin cap onthe nozzle. This is important, since even should the gelatin cap be lostthe powder would be retained in the package until the cap E is opened orlifted.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dispensing device, the combination with the body thereof, of aninwardly-tapering discharge-nozzle, a casing secured to said body andsurrounding the discharge-nozzle but diverging therefrom to form a spacebetween the same and the nozzle, a cap hinged to the upper edge of saidcasing and adapted when closed to cover the end of the discharge-,nozzle, and a spring located within said space and engaging said cap tomove the same.

2. In a dispensing device, the combination with the body thereof, of aninwardly-tapering discharge-nozzle, a casing secured to said body andsurrounding the discharge-nozzle but diverging therefrom to form a spacebetween the same and the nozzle, a cap hinged to the upper edge of saidcasing and adapted when closed to cover the end of the dischargenozzle,a catch located within said space and engaging said cap to retain thesame in its closed position, means for operating said catch from theinterior of said casing, and a spring also located within said space forengaging said cap, the tension of which tends to swing said cap open.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

LAl/VRENCE B. HAYWARD.

Witnesses:

CLARA C. CUNNINGHAM, WALTER H. CHAMBERLIN.

